Wallflowers - Rebel Sweetheart
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Free Music Notes for Rebel Sweetheart
Free Music Review: Regretfully overlooked
Hit: 4 Stars
After the mediocre 2002 "Red Letter Days" album, I was about to write off the Wallflowers as a one-album wonder (1996's "Bringing Down the Horse"). Not much has been heard from Jacob Dylan and his bandmates in the last few years, and now, without much fanfare or hype, the Wallflowers have released their 5th album.
"Rebel, Sweetheart" (12 tracks, 50 min.) is a very nice surprise. I will admit that my expectations were very modest, following the ho-hum previous album. But this is by far the best Wallflowers album yet, apart from BDTH. The tracks play with cohesion, giving us a soundscape with touches from Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and even Billy Joel (and that is meant as a compliment), the latter particularly on the slower songs. Interestingly, the second half of the album is by far superior to the first half. After a delicious ballad ("God Says Nothing Back") with non-sensical lyrics (to me anyway), comes an all-out rocker "Back to California" that is the best track on the album. A couple of other 'ballads' are noteworthy: "From the Bottom of My Heart" is so beautiful I played it back-to-back-to-back several times when I heard it first, and also "How Far You've Come", in which Dylan is more a crooner than singer.
This album barely charted on the Billboard 200. I can't think of any radio airply for this album. Regardless, the Wallflowers march on and with "Rebel, Sweetheart" make a strong musical statement. Highly recommended!
Free Music Review: Play it again, Jakob.
Hit: 4 Stars
I just purchased this CD a few days ago - after hearing one of their songs being played on the radio. I fell in love with the Wallflowers after hearing their song "I've Been Delivered" from their album Breach.
Their lyrics uniquely demostrate the ability to echo a lot of what we feel as individuals. "One Headlight" was terrific - for me, I saw it as someone's ability to want to do the right thing, start off with good intentions and high hopes, but fail along the way. In other words, it's inherently human, but their lyrics have always showed me a dual truth. That it's okay to stumble, but this terrific world of ours more often than not, does kick you down for it. And some of their songs have always left me with a burning question, who am I playing for - myself, or the crowd?
Heh, maybe I'm over-interpreting this...but my main reason for liking them is that they seem to be downright honest about a lot of the darker things in life, and this honesty plays across in their lyrics.
And yes, I agree with some of the previous reviewers - the Wallflowers are definitely underrated. But being underrated isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially in this case.
Free Music Review: the underrated, underappreciated Wallflowers do it again
Hit: 4 Stars
I have been a Wallflowers' fan since they broke into the mainstream circa 1996, and this new CD definitely does not disappoint. I'd read rave reviews of it in a few different magazines, but still wasn't prepared for it to be as great as it is. I just thought it was wonderful that they were releasing a new album, and that it would be at least pretty good. It's a lot more than "pretty good"! If you're a Wallflowers' fan, you will love this new CD, and if you aren't a fan you should get it anyway, because you will be a fan after you hear it. Either way, it's great music, period.
A lot of music being released these days is mind-numbing, inane and awful. This CD is full of songs that won't insult your intelligence. Thanks Jakob, et al, for not letting us down!! (All songs written by Jakob Dylan.) Can't wait for the next one, but in the meantime the new songs are substantial enough to last a while.
Free Music Review: Splendid.
Hit: 4 Stars
The fifth cd by the Wallflowers is simply amazing. Although their previous albums were great, Rebel Sweetheart offers a deeper and more poetic side of Jakob. the lyrics to every song on this disc is simply beautiful. There are no other words to describe it. When listening to this cd, it makes me want to be apart of the song, the words, the music... I want to dive right in and be apart of what make this cd so wondrous. This is a must-have for all Wallflowers fans and basically for anyone that has an admiration for beautifully crafted work of art through the splendour of words.Free Music Review: How agonizing...
Hit: 4 Stars
This CD makes me just feel tormented for the Wallflowers. They write great lyrics, Dylan has a great voice, and the band sounds as good as they did at the height of their fame... The album is a little uneven, but still better than 95% of the music that gets airplay and record sales today. I think people have completely relegated the Wallflowers to the 90s. Songs like "Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette)" and "God Says Nothing Back" are particularly standouts on the record. They need a big comeback.